Frantic Fanfic Pt 2

frantic fanfic pt 2

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Once upon a time in a very VERY distant multiverse, Luka and his very alive wife Hyuna got to visit a theme park called Phoenix Wonderland. "Wow Hyuna my lovely alive wife, thank you for using your seven figure salary to pay for this awesome date!" "Of course, my beautiful alive husband. Hey, look over there! There's a troupe performing!" As they approached the humble stage, a purple haired perform

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er stretched his arms above his head in celebration before lifting the microphone to his lips. He screeched, and the audience went wild.

See, the performers were well known, a group referred to as Wonderlands X Showtime. While the ringleader and circusmaster of their troupe was a man with or*nge hair called Tsukasa, the most well-known and "simped" over member was the one currently occupying the stage. Rui Kamishiro.

Luka looked back at Hyuna, his beautiful and very much alive wife, and started to cry. Tears rolling down his pink and fresh and ALIVE cheeks, he gasped out, "I'm sorry, my sweet beautiful lovely alive wife, I'm leaving you…!"

Luka ran up the stairs leading to the stage without looking back, into Rui's waiting arms. "My love, beautiful, never possibly dying Rui Kamishiro… Marry me!" He cried out, dropping to one knee and holding up a ring made from the tears of Till and Ivan.

"This is the ring known the Amulet of Doomed Yaoi, please, wear it!"

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Rui Kamishiro, flabbergasted, simply blurted out; "No… but sir, I… I'm a minor!" He then proceeded to die on the spot. Hyuna, her jaw practically on the floor, quickly composed herself. "My twink husband, Luka…" Luka, traumatized; "My lovely alive wife…" "Its okay, Luka. I always knew you were gay. Take the Amulet of Doomed Yaoi and find your true love!" "Oh, Hyuna, thank you! I'd knew you'd understand!" "EVERYBODY GET DOWN!" The security officer, who had just arrived on the scene, yelled right before arresting Luka on the spot.

Many days later, in the courthouse;

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Defying God - a parallel between Fyolai and Stavrovensky

The Demons brainrot is taking over, and you know what happens when I acquire a new interest: my brain WILL find a way to connect it to my other interests, whether I like it or not!! And this is essentially what it's about xD I've come here to present a parallel I found between Fyolai (Fyodor & Nikolai from BSD) and Stavrovensky (Verkhovensky & Stavrogin from "Demons" by Dostoevsky). Before I start I want to clarify a few things:

• I don't think these two pairings are similar, I just love picking up any crumbs of connections I can find between my interests, even if it'd count as reaching.

• This interpretation (in either character's case) is in no way "the only true way of looking at it". It's merely one interpretation out of many and I chose to focus on just a few aspects out of the many others there are to explore in these complex characters.

• Feel free to add onto or disagree with anything I say! I'm interested in your thoughts :D

WARNING: There will be spoilers for Bungou Stray Dogs and Demons.

Defying God - A Parallel Between Fyolai And Stavrovensky

The reason Nikolai wants to kill Fyodor is because he feels affection for him. Emotions are a prison to him, and he basically seeks the opposite of what his emotions make him want to do. Thus, in the face of affection, which makes you want to be closer and wish the best for your friend, he does the opposite and decides to kill said friend, going directly against his feelings in an attempt to prove free will. But here I want to focus more on the "You want to defy God in order to lose sight of yourself" part, specifically the bit about God.

One part of my interpretation is that Nikolai associates God with control. If there is a God who controls all, how can there be a free will? He wants to go against Him and His creations (the human mind, morality, etc.) to prove that it's possible. But God is very abstract - the idea of God is influential but varies depending on cultures, etc. For this point, I'll use the example of the biblical God, or, more specifically, some attributes commonly assigned to the idea of God:

• omnipotence (all-powerful)

• omnipresence (all-present)

• omniscience (all-knowing)

What I am leading up to is the fact that these traits can, in one way or another, be applied to Fyodor. Fyodor's character represents everything Nikolai wants to defy. Nikolai hates control; he wants to fight the idea of God and prove the possibility of complete independence. Fyodor (though not in a "direct" way) could be seen as a symbol for God. He knows everything, he is always present (metaphorically and sometimes literally, the way he spawns sometimes I swear-), and he seems to control everything. Only few people actually see him, but he pulls the strings behind the scenes, and his power is felt everywhere. For Nikolai, to kill Fyodor is not just a protest against his feelings of affection, but can also be a symbolic act of defying "God", of killing "God", by killing Fyodor.

This is supposed to be very symbolic and not taken literally. I feel the need to repeat this because I personally dislike the notion of Fyodor as a literal God (and disagree with the idea of him having a God-complex), so this is merely about the God-like traits he possesses, like a "substitute" for the idea of God, and how it interacts with Nikolai's philosophy. (I've also exaggerated some points for the sake of simplification - for example, I don't actually believe Fyodor is in control of absolutely everything, etc.)

Moving onto Demons:

Pyotr Verkhovensky grew up religious and (assuming based on Stepan's description) with a fear of God.

Now he's an atheist and very anti-religious. He plans to overthrow society, and destroying religion + everything it preaches is part of that plan. But interestingly enough, he picks not himself as the official future "ruler", but someone else: Nikolai Stavrogin. He chooses Stavrogin to be the role of the leader in Verkhovensky's ideal society. But not exactly the "leader" in the traditional sense, because he wouldn't necessarily give Stavrogin all the power. He would simply use him as a "pawn" (for lack of a better word) while himself pulling the strings behind said society. With that, Verkhovensky puts someone else above himself, in a God-like position, but he wants to do it while still keeping full control over Stavrogin. By doing so, he would overcome his childhood fear of God because instead of being controlled by God, *he* will control God.

(Same case here, not the literal God, but the character who he assigns God-like traits to.)

I am undecided (with both Nikolai's and Verkhovensky's character) whether this could be read as a solely subconscious intention or if it would make sense as a conscious one as well. Given that both have a different "main" goal (Nikolai focuses on emotions and Verkhovensky on the revolution) I lean more towards thinking it's subconscious (if present at all - like I said, just interpretations!)

It doesn't help that Verkhovensky describes his vision of Stavrogin's leadership as "hidden": Everyone believes in him and his power, but only very few people are said to actually have laid their eyes upon him. When I first read this part, I was honestly reminded of Big Brother from Orwell's 1984, but eventually realised that similar things can be said about God as well.

While these are parallels, they don't come without differences. Nikolai needs Fyodor dead, Verkhovensky needs Stavrogin alive. Nikolai wants to kill Fyodor for a sense of freedom, Verkhovensky wants to keep Stavrogin for a sense of control. Yet both symbolic goals are bound to fail:

Fyodor turns out to be unkillable, and Stavrogin ends up dead.

At the end, "God" stays untouchable.

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fyolesque

2 months ago

"There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin" oh Hozier thank you for fukumori reference

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fyolesque

2 weeks ago